Pete has recently been appointed as a machinery specialist within the Soil Science and Crop Nutrition portfolio, which involves the establishment and management of field trials for plant...
Phil is a Senior Technical Officer for the DPIRD weather station network. He plans, organises servicing and repairs, and provides remote support to the onground maintenance team. He also performs remote maintenance of...
Joining the department in 2007, Rachelle’s work has focused on industry development, improving water use efficiency and increasing production and quality of various fruit and vegetable crops. She has managed national...
Dr Raj Malik is working as Research Scientist on increasing the profit from nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the Western Region. Decision gaps exist in N, P and...
Ranny is a techinical officer based in Geraldton and joined DPIRD in September 2022. She is part of the Farming Systems Innovation team, working on the ‘Increasing farming systems profitability and longevity of benefits...
I am based at DPIRD's South Perth office developing efficient technologies to minimise disease constraints for sustainable and profitable canola production in WA, and allowing its expansion into new regions. I lead the...
Rhys is a based in the Kimberley and assists to develop and reinforce farming activities in the Ord River region. Rhys is leading the industrial hemp variety trial and eco fibre hemp trial, along with providing support...
Richard holds the position of grape and wine research scientist and has more than 20 years' experience working in wine and table grape production. Richard joined the department in 2008 and has completed a number of state...
